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skanda

skandá m. anything which jumps or hops (in tṛṇa-skandá, ‘grasshopper’, N. of a man), [RV.]

spurting, effusing, effusion, spilling, shedding (cf. á and ghraṇa-sk°)

perishing, destruction, [Gīt.]

quick-silver, [L.]

‘Attacker’, N. of Kārttikeya (q.v., son of Śiva or of Agni; he is called god of war as leader of Śiva's hosts against the enemies of the gods ; he is also leader of the demons of illness that attack children [cf. -graha], also god of burglars and thieves; cf. -putra and [IW. 427 n. 1]), [MaitrS.]; [MBh.] &c.

N. of Śiva, [MBh.]

a king prince, [L.]

a clever or learned man (cf. skandha), [L.]

the body, [L.]

the jādi (pl. [Saṃskārak.])